ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,543, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NIDEC SANKYO Corp. (Nagano, Japan).
"Optical unit with runout correction function" was invented by Shinji Minamisawa (Nagano, Japan) and Takeshi Sue (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical unit with a runout correction function includes a reflection member, a camera module having a lens and an image pickup element, a holding member that rotatably holds the reflection member and also holds the camera module, and a fixing member that rotatably holds the holding member. A second rotation mechanism rotates the reflection member held in the holding member with an optical axis direct...